Filed under: EV/Plug-in, BMW, MINI, UK
MINI has officially begun the UK phase of its electric vehicle test program. Six months after 500 MINI Es were delivered to customers in the U.S., another 40 examples have found new homes in British garages. While U.S. customers got 12-month leases on the battery-powered cars, British drivers will only get six-month terms. After that time, a second group will their get their hands on the cars.
Just as MINI is doing here in the U.S., BMW is using this test to evaluate both how the vehicles behave in real world use with ordinary drivers as well as how the drivers themselves behave. What they are looking for is to see how often drivers plug in, how far they drive and how much of the range they use.
Gallery: Quick Drive: MINI E
[Source: BMW]
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